It appears like Actual Housewives of Atlanta stars Drew Sidora and husband Ralph Pittman are calling it quits.
PEOPLE obtained their fingers on paperwork filed by Pittman on Monday, as he was the one who sought a petition for divorce. He claimed that their separation date was simply Feb. 23 and he famous that there “isn’t any likelihood or hope of reconciliation” for the pair.
The couple wed in 2014, welcoming son Machai in 2015 and daughter Aniya in 2018. Sidora additionally has a son named Josiah from a earlier relationship that Pittman was at one level, contemplating legally adopting.
Plenty of the couple’s marital points, or not less than from the final years of their relationship, performed out on RHOA. That features Ralph leaving house for a three-day journey to Tampa with out speaking along with his spouse, an inappropriate textual content message along with his assistant, who was later fired, and their lack of ability to speak in a wholesome method.
ESSENCE spoke with the couple again in July 2022 because the final RHOA season was concluding. Throughout that dialog, she opened up about why she stayed with him regardless of the entire rumblings from her co-stars and followers who felt Pittman wasn’t the most effective associate for her and continually gaslit the singer and actress.
“I believe individuals don’t get to see the layers of our marriage and who we’re absolutely. Particularly Ralph, individuals may watch it and say, ‘Effectively, why is she married to somebody like this?” she advised us on the time. “However you don’t see the opposite sides of him. He’s an unbelievable father. He’s very affectionate. He’ll give the shirt off of his again to somebody. He’s extraordinarily giving, extraordinarily caring, God fearing.”
She continued, “I hope, as individuals proceed to observe and we’re on, that folks will be taught much more about us and see the opposite aspect. We snort, we joke, we’ve obtained chemistry.”
She additionally didn’t blame being on the present for the struggles she and Pittman had been having. She advised us that she felt being on the collection was to their profit.
“It’s prompted us to face points and held us accountable to essentially get into counseling and actually do the work as a result of…you don’t need to preserve displaying up on the planet like this,” she mentioned. “I truly discover it therapeutic at occasions. Even the connection between my mother and Ralph, they’ve labored by quite a lot of their points due to the present. And I believe we’re capable of have quite a lot of powerful conversations on digicam that we could not have had, so I’m grateful for the chance. And I believe it’s been total nice, particularly for our household, which is most necessary to me.”
Sidora has not publicly addressed Pittman’s submitting, or had her authorized representatives file a response. However we’re pondering of her throughout this time.
See pictures of the couple throughout happier occasions under.
The Pittmans on the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Competition
The Couple At The “By no means Would Have Made It: The Marvin Sapp Story” Screening in Atlanta in 2022
Husband and Spouse at Lifetime’s “Line Sisters” Atlanta Screening in 2022
The Pair Go to Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen In 2022
The Actual Housewives of Atlanta Season 13 Reunion in 2021
